Credit Crunch

'Binge-drinking linked to premature births'

21-Jan-2009

Binge-drinking in the early months of pregnancy can lead to women giving birth prematurely, even if they stop once they realise they are expecting a...

Peninsula Inns placed in administration

02-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team

The boss of the Torquay-based company, which owned 18 pubs, blames the credit crunch, the smoking ban and rising utility costs.

Guard against the credit crunch with marketing

14-Nov-2008

How do you brace against the credit crunch when you've already focused attention on cost reduction and business efficiency but you still feel...

Wine drinkers rein in spending

31-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney

Consumers are cutting back on wine as the credit crunch begins to bite — pubs have seen a drop in those paying £12 or more for a bottle.

Big ideas to beat the credit crunch

16-Oct-2008

Threat...or opportunity?Despite last week's £37bn bail-out of the banks the effects of the credit crunch go on - and many decent, hardworking...

Pub staff 'under pressure' to work when sick

07-Oct-2008

Pub employees are being pressured to come to work when they are ill, according to a new survey.The impact of the credit crunch and concerns over job...

Credit crunch hurting majority of pubs

11-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

More than half of licensees have seen a downturn in their business because of the credit crunch. Research by CGA Strategy found that 58 per cent of...

'Credit crunch driving people to drink'

05-Sep-2008

The credit crunch is driving us to drink and smoke more, a health report says. Almost 29 million people — nearly two thirds of the nation — feel...

'Supermarket alcohol to outsell pubs for the first time'

01-Sep-2008

Supermarket booze sales are about to outstrip pubs for the first time. The trend will inflict even further pain on pubs that have been hit by their...

Credit crunch won't hit pubs as hard as in 90s

26-Aug-2008 By Lucy Britner

The credit crunch won't hit pubs as hard as last time, according to a new survey undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

East Anglia: Driving a hard bargain

21-Aug-2008

Pubs need no reminders of the impact of the credit crunch in terms of the increase in the number of consumers who think twice about parting with...

Pubs set to take share from restaurants

10-Jul-2008

Pubs are better placed to ride out the credit crunch than restaurants, according to the latest research by Horizons.Investment by managed pub...

Coping with the crunch

19-Jun-2008

The national newspaper headlines may be screaming doom and gloom, but, as Tony Halstead finds out, the licensed property market is still in a healthy...

Geoff Newton: There's no magic solution to the economy's woes

07-Apr-2008

Reading the Sunday papers has always been a rewarding experience for me - in a busy week I can make it last until the following Sunday unless my good...

Listed pub changes hands

27-Mar-2008

A well-known pub in Oxfordshire has changed hands through Colliers Robert Barry. Burford House Hotel, in the Cotswold town of Burford, is described...